Video: BMW i3 MegaCity Caught Mucking About the Snow
Once upon a time, most cars on the road were rear-wheel drive. These days, not so much, but BMW still believes in turning the back wheels. Video of upcoming i3 MegaCity shows the electric car drifting that powdah.
BMW is spinning off a new brand of ele…
Industrial Production Declines 0.1%
Industrial production declined 0.1% in February, led by a downturn in utility output, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.
FedEx’s 3Q Profit Dips 3% to $231 Million
FedEx Corp. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter net income slipped 3% to $231 million, or 73 cents a share, from $239 million, or 76 cents, a year earlier.
Jobless Claims Decline for Week
Initial jobless claims dropped by 16,000 last week, the third decrease in four weeks, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Atlanta sports radio producer fired for Tweets
An Atlanta radio producer has found himself unemployed after complaining on Twitter about Delta Air Lines.
Consumer Price Index Grows 0.5%
The consumer price index increased 0.5% in Febuary, the Labor Department said Thursday.
PNNL team finds that new electrolyte mix increases energy storage capacity of vanadium redox batteries by 70%
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have found that adding hydrochloric acid to the sulfuric acid electrolyte typically used in vanadium redox flow batteries increased the batteries’ energy…
Prius worries: Only a Volt closer to energy independence
Is the Volt a cost-effective path to energy independence?
Will $4.00 gas significantly increase hybrid and plug-in sales?
Today, hybrid cars make up less than 3 percent of all US auto sales, with the Toyota Prius alone accounting for more than 50 perc…
Air Products to increase supply of H2 to Marathon’s Garyville, La. refinery by 25 MMscf/day
Air Products will increase the supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La. refinery. In all, Air Products will increase the current level of supply by approxi…
Researchers identify for first time individual naphthenic acids in oil sands process water
A team from the University of Plymouth (UK) and Environment Canada has identified, for the first time, individual soluble naphthenic acids (NA) in the process water resulting from the oil sands industry in Canada. A paper on their work is published in …